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How useful is understanding the ABC?


I think that it's very useful understanding the ABC. If we don't understand the ABC, we wouldn't be able to know what trigger the behavior or how to reinforce the behavior in some cases. ABC is useful with counselors or therapist about the person and why they behave that certain way. It can determine a soluation to the problem or conclusion to the behavior.


What are its shortcomings?


The shortcomings are that not every consequences have a controlling functions, everyone reaction to the problem differently or the consequences of the behavior doesn't turn out good. Depending on the person and the response of or to the person's behavior would make it hard.


What insights does this give you about your own behavior?

I know that understanding the ABC is a very useful tool. Before I didn't know that I was using the ABC approach. I work with a lot of people and they share their stories with me all the time. Most likely about their problems more. Sometimes or at times some of them act different or their behavior on that day wasn't what you would expect it. I see that using the ABC was useful, because now I can reflect back to the person and see how I can help them with the problem they were dealing with on that day.

Describe a real life ABC paradigm that you have experienced, observed, or analyzed - be specifc and provide detail as to how it works - what does this tell you about your own behavior?

Antecedent: I took a trip to Laos with my family a year ago. It was the first time taking a trip that far. I was scared to get on the plane because of the 9/11 event and my perspective of Laos as poor and not a cool trip. I didn't want to go at all and was afraid that I'm not going to like it and scared of getting on the plane.

Behavior: I talked to an advisor at school and he told me that he had a niece my age who went to it. She had the same reaction as I did too but when she was there she loved it and she wanted to go back. He told me that I would love it there and don't want to come back. He told me some place that would be fun to go when I'm there, how the dating style there was like, and that the Hmong New Year would be a fun and great experience to see how the Hmong really have their New Years. After hearing his stories and experience there, I didn't mind so much of going on the trip now.

Consequence: From hearing the experience and other's stories, my behavior of being scared and afraid decrease.

Comment on the articles you have read: How do they strike you, how do you see them helping you understand these concepts, What questions do they raise, how do they challenge your previous notions.

The article explained really well what the ABC approach is. It gave alot of examples for me to understand the underlying of what the ABC is and how to use it and to understand why the person does what they do. After reading the article I can clarify what each area are and do.

Ask a question of your classmates: How would you use the ABC approach with a client or person with situation of abuse? (Abuse as in drugs, alcohol, verbally, physically, or sexually)

Reinforcement-LP-C

Reinforcement and how it has operated in your life

In my life I use reinforcement on a regular basic. In my family, there are five children including me. I'm the oldest, so I do a lot of being a little parent. I am a parent myself too. Using reinforcement is pretty much what I do at home.

Starting with my siblings, the three boys are the most trouble at times. My method of reinforcement is money. The boys don't do much chores at home, at times my mom or I usually cleans up after them. My way of getting them to do the chores is by paying them. I know it's not the best way to have someone do something but it works. For example, if I want them to clean the house and all refused. I simply say, who wants $5.00. One person usually do, when that person agree to doing the chores for $5.00, the other two would want too. So, for $5.00, that person would clean the living room (picking toys up, vacuum, dust, and ect) and Dishes. If he wants more money he does more chores and the pay rate changes, such as now it's $20.00 not $5.00. The second and third person who does the chores gets about $2.00 or none. I don't have to spend so much money but at the same time when someone gets some chores done they get paid. It's like their allowance but by doing chores. Whoever saves up the most money, gets to buy whatever he wants with it and go everywhere. This usually makes the other two negotiate with him. They all do the chores and get equal amount. Sometimes I like to do is negotiate with them too by not paying them but if they do the chores, they get to go over to a friends house. When it comes to punishment and the boys are fighting, I usually take away their times on the computer or take away their games for two days.

My little one I like to praise her for reinforcement or take her places that she likes. One good example of this is I was trying to potty train her. For a month now, she didn't but yesterday she went to the bathroom by herself and use it by herself. I praise her and hugged her, today she did the samething and I praise her more and hugged her. Sometimes I like to take her to the park or the store and get her something. She loves it and she usually know when and how to behave. If she doesn't something bad like hitting, I usually take away one time or have her time out for 30 second. On a regular basic I use reinforcment alot.

Ethics of behavior management

When it comes to bahavior management, you have to know the different from ethical to unethical. You also need to determine when the tools you use are being effective or not. And do as you told that person, don't be a hyprocrate, this makes the bahavior not effective.

How applicable the material is to the work you will be doing

The work I will be doing in the future is to make people reach their self fullfillment. The material that I learn will benefit me helping people make changes to their life also change some of behavior they have. Also, using this material to make the perom feel good about themselve so they can improve in the future and see life brighter.

The difference with some other type of theraputic appoaches

There are the Dialectical behavioral therapy and the Rational-Emotive therapy.

Dialectical behavioral therapy maintains that some people, due to invalidating environments during upbringing and due to biological factors as yet unknown, react abnormally to emtional stimulation.

Ration-Emotive therapy is the believe that your thoughts controls your feelings and not your feelings that control your thoughts. If you can learn to rethink the situations, you can learn to control negative emotions.

Ask a question: Which therapy would you think you would use and why?

Reflect upon the articles you have read - what stands out, what is confusing, what applies to your life or work

http://www.autismnetwork.org/modules//behavior/dr/lecture05.html

How might you use a DRO or DRL procedure? Explain -

From the article I read, how I might use DRO or DRL is by slowly control someone's behavior by allowing the bahavior to occur, it will gradually reduce the behavior to change.